Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh (Russian: Анна Викторовна Пятых) (born April 4, 1981, in Moscow) is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won bronze medals at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and 2009 World Championships in Berlin. She has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Anna Pyatykh

Anna Pyatykh at the 2013 World Championships
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki Triple jump
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin Triple jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow Triple jump
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Doha Triple jump
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Gothenburg Triple jump

In 2006, she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind countrywoman Tatyana Lebedeva.

She received a retrospective ban for doping after retest of her samples, resulting in the disqualification of her results at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan on 31 August 2007, and from 6 July 2013 to 15 December 2016.[1]

International competitions edit

Representing   Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Result Notes
1999 European Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 3rd 13.36 m
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 2nd 14.18 m wind: +1.2 m/s
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 14.08 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 14.35 m
World Championships Paris, France 4th 14.72 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th 14.79 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 14.78 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 14.93 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 15.02 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan DSQ (4th) 14.88 m Doping
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 11th 13.99 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 8th 14.73 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 14.58 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 14.64 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia DSQ (7th) 14.29 m Doping

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year ban on Russian triple-jumper Anna Pyatykh" (PDF). CAS. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2022.